Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyvoughly, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyvoughly
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43931, -7.71048
- SMR number
- WM030-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a rise, in well-drained pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork. An enclosure (WM030-027----) lies c. 110m to NE. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 46m) which is defined by a well-preserved scarp which is partially disturbed by quarrying at N. The interior is raised above the surrounding ground level and the surface rises very gently from the perimeter toward the centre. Monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography as a subcircular-shaped earthwork.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 08 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.